Peter Norbeck

Peter Norbeck (27 August 1870-20 December 1936) was Governor of South Dakota (R) from 2 January 1917 to 4 January 1921, succeeding Frank M. Byrne and preceding William H. McMaster, and a US Senator from 4 March 1921 to 20 December 1936, succeeding Edwin S. Johnson and preceding Herbert E. Hitchcock.

Biography
Peter Norbeck was born in Clay County, Dakota Territory in 1870 to a Swedish immigrant father and a Norwegian immigrant mother. He worked as a contractor and driller before serving in the South Dakota Senate from 1909 to 1915 as a progressive Republican Party member. He then served as Govenror from 1917 to 1921 and as US Senator from 1921 until his death from cancer in 1936.